Termination structure of semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same

ABSTRACT

A termination structure of a semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an active area and a termination area adjacent to the active area, in which the termination area has the termination structure. The termination structure includes a substrate, an epitaxy layer, a dielectric layer, a conductive material layer and a conductive layer. The epitaxy layer is disposed on the substrate and has a voltage-sustaining region. The voltage-sustaining region has trenches parallel to each other. The dielectric layer is disposed in the trenches and on a portion of the epitaxy layer. The conductive material layer is disposed on the dielectric layer in the trenches. The conductive layer covers the trenches, and is in contact with the conductive material layer and a portion of the epitaxy layer, and is electrically connected between the active area and the termination area. A method for manufacturing the termination structure is also provided.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number103116861 filed May 13, 2014, which is herein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Field of Invention

The present disclosure relates to a termination structure of asemiconductor device. More particularly, the present disclosure relatesto a termination structure having a plurality of trenches and a methodfor manufacturing the same.

2. Description of Related Art

A voltage sustaining capability is a very important factor for a powersemiconductor device. For example, because a trench field effecttransistor generally has characteristics such as a high voltagesustaining capability, a low conducting resistance and a high current,the trench field effect transistor is widely used as the powersemiconductor device in a power managing device.

Many complicated photomask processes are generally required formanufacturing the trench field effect transistor, thus increasingprocessing time and pollution probability, such that the yield andproduction capacity of the power semiconductor device are limited.

On the other hand, the trench field effect transistor generally has alarger area of termination structure for increasing a breakdown voltage.However, this type of the termination structure with a large area isoutdated for a miniaturization trend of electronic devices.

SUMMARY

One embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a terminationstructure of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includesan active area and a termination area adjacent to the active area. Thetermination area has the termination structure, and the terminationstructure includes a substrate, an epitaxy layer, a dielectric layer, aconductive material layer and a conductive layer.

The epitaxy layer is disposed on the substrate, and has avoltage-sustaining region. The voltage-sustaining region has firsttrenches extending along a first direction. The dielectric layer isdisposed in each of the first trenches and on a first portion of theepitaxy layer. The conductive material layer is disposed on thedielectric layer in each of the first trenches. The conductive layercovers each of the first trenches, and is in contact with the conductivematerial layer and a second portion of the epitaxy layer, and iselectronically connected to the active area.

Another embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a method formanufacturing a termination structure of a semiconductor device. Thesemiconductor device includes an active area and a termination area. Thetermination area is adjacent to the active area and has the terminationstructure. The method includes following steps. An epitaxy layer isformed on a substrate, in which the epitaxy layer has avoltage-sustaining region. Trenches are formed in the voltage-sustainingregion of the epitaxy layer, in which the trenches extend along a firstdirection and are parallel with each other. A dielectric layer is formedin each of the trenches. A conductive material layer is formed on thedielectric layer in each of the trenches and on a first portion of theepitaxy layer. A conductive layer is formed on each of the trenches, inwhich the conductive layer is in contact with the conductive materiallayer and a second portion of the epitaxy layer.

Since the dielectric layers in the trenches are connected to each other,it has a higher breakdown voltage in a smaller area by increasing thetrench structure. Therefore, the termination structure of thesemiconductor device provided in the present disclosure cansignificantly increase the breakdown voltage of the overallsemiconductor device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure can be more fully understood by reading thefollowing detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made tothe accompanying drawings as follows:

FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 100according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor device inFIG. 1A along a cross-sectional line A-A′ according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 200 accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 300according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor device inFIG. 3A along a cross-sectional line B-B′ according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 3C is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 300 aaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 400 aaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4B is a top view of the semiconductor device 400 a according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4C is a top view of trenches 431 b in a semiconductor device 400 baccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4D is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor device 400 baccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5A to FIG. 5J are schematic diagrams illustrating steps formanufacturing the semiconductor device according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 6A to FIG. 6F are schematic diagrams illustrating steps formanufacturing the semiconductor device according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure; and

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Specific embodiments of the present disclosure are further described indetail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, theembodiments described are not intended to limit the present disclosureand it is not intended for the description of operation to limit theorder of implementation. Moreover, any device with equivalent functionsthat is produced from a structure formed by a recombination of elementsshall fall within the scope of the present disclosure. Additionally, thedrawings are only illustrative and are not drawn to actual size.

The present disclosure provides a termination structure of asemiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same that can beapplied in a trench power semiconductor device such as a trench metaloxide semiconductor Schottky barrier diodes (TMBS diode), a trenchinsulated gate bipolar transistor (Trench IGBT) or a trench power metaloxide semiconductor field effect transistor (Trench Power MOSFET).Several embodiments will be provided to describe the terminationstructure of the semiconductor device and the method for manufacturingit in the present disclosure.

FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 100according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 1A, thesemiconductor device 100 includes an active area 101 and a terminationarea 102 adjacent to the active area 101. The termination area 102 has atermination structure including a substrate 110, an epitaxy layer 120, adielectric layer 132, a conductive material layer 133 and a conductivelayer 140.

The epitaxy layer 120 is disposed on the substrate 110, and has avoltage-sustaining region 130. The voltage-sustaining region 130 isdisposed near a trench semiconductor unit 103 in the active area 101,and has first trenches 131. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the substrate 110 may be a silicon substrate. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the epitaxy layer 120 can be aN-type epitaxy layer. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, widths of the first trenches 131 may be different. Accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure, the widths of the firsttrenches 131 may be progressively wider or progressively narrower.

The dielectric layer 132 is disposed in each of the first trenches 131and on a first portion of the epitaxy layer 120. According to anembodiment of the present disclosure, the dielectric layer 132 isconstituted by oxide. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the dielectric layers 132 in every two adjacent firsttrenches 131 are in contact with each other.

The conductive material layer 133 is disposed on the dielectric layer132 in each of the first trenches 131. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive material layer 133 is constituted bypolysilicon or metal. Widths of the dielectric layer 132 and theconductive material layer 133 can be adjusted proportionally accordingto a practical withstand voltage requirement.

The conductive layer 140 covers the first trenches 131, and is incontact with the conductive material layer 133 and a second portion ofthe epitaxy layer 120, and is electronically connected to the activearea 101 and the termination area 102. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive layer 140 is a Schottky barrier metallayer.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the terminationstructure further includes a second dielectric layer disposed betweenthe conductive layer and a portion of the conductive material layer. Thesecond dielectric layer enables the conductive layer to beelectronically connected to the conductive material layer in a portionof the first trenches. Since an internal dielectric layer is disposedbetween the conductive layer and a portion of the conductive materiallayer, it enables the conductive material layer to have differentelectric potentials and to provide an effect of different withstandvoltages.

FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor device inFIG. 1A along a cross-sectional line A-A′ according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. In FIG. 1B, the voltage-sustaining region 130 ofthe epitaxy layer 120 in the termination structure has the firsttrenches 131. The first trench 131 extend along a direction and areparallel with each other. The dielectric layer 132 and the conductivematerial layer 133 are disposed in the first trenches 131.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 200 accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 2, the semiconductordevice 200 includes an active area 201 and a termination area 202adjacent to the active area 201. The termination area 202 has atermination structure including a substrate 210, an epitaxy layer 220, adielectric layer 232, a conductive material layer 233 and a conductivelayer 240.

The epitaxy layer 220 is disposed on the substrate 210, and has avoltage-sustaining region 230. The voltage-sustaining region 230 isdisposed near a trench semiconductor unit 203 in the active area 201,and has first trenches 231. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the substrate 210 can be a silicon substrate. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the epitaxy layer 220 can be aN-type epitaxy layer. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, widths of the first trenches 231 may be different. Accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure, the widths of the firsttrenches 231 may be progressively wider or progressively narrower.According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, widths of trenchintervals 250 between the first trenches 231 are different. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, an arrangement of the trenchintervals 250 between the first trenches 231 is progressively sparse orprogressively dense.

The dielectric layer 232 is disposed in each of the first trenches 231and on a portion of the epitaxy layer 220. According to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the dielectric layer 232 is constituted byoxide. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, thedielectric layers 232 in every two adjacent first trenches 231 areseparated from each other by a trench interval 250. According to anembodiment of the present disclosure, each trench interval 250 betweenthe first trenches 231 further includes a doped region 251. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the doped region 251 can beP-type doping. The P-type doping can prevent a leakage current fromoccurring earlier from a periphery, thereby increasing a breakdownvoltage.

The conductive material layer 233 is disposed on the dielectric layer232 in each of the first trenches 231. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive material layer 233 is constituted bypolysilicon or metal. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the dielectric layer 232 and the conductive material layer233 in the first trenches 231, and the epitaxy layer 220 have a flattensurface. The termination structure also can be implemented with anon-flatten surface. For example, in FIG. 1A, the termination structurefurther includes the first dielectric layer 134 disposed on the flattensurface constituted by the dielectric layer 132, a conductive materiallayer 133 and the epitaxy layer 120, in which the first dielectric layer134 and the dielectric layer 132 can be formed at the same step. Thefirst dielectric layer 134 is disposed on the dielectric layers 132which are in contact with each other between every two adjacent firsttrenches 131.

The conductive layer 240 covers the first trenches 231, and is incontact with the conductive material layer 233 and a portion of theepitaxy layer 220, and is electronically connected to the active area201 and the termination area 202. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive layer 240 is a Schottky barrier metallayer.

FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 300according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 3A, thesemiconductor device 300 includes an active area 301 and a terminationarea 302 adjacent to the active area 301. The termination area 302 has atermination structure including a substrate 310, an epitaxy layer 320, adielectric layer 332, a conductive material layer 333 and a conductivelayer 340.

The epitaxy layer 320 is disposed on the substrate 310, and has avoltage-sustaining region 330. The voltage-sustaining region 330 isadjacent to a trench semiconductor unit 303 in the active area 301, andhas first trenches 331. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the substrate 310 can be a silicon substrate. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the epitaxy layer 320 can be aN-type epitaxy layer. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, widths of the first trenches 331 are different. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the widths of the firsttrenches 331 may be progressively wider or progressively narrower.According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, widths of trenchintervals 350 between the first trenches 331 are different. Please referto the FIG. 3C, widths of trench intervals 350 a, 350 b, and 350 cbetween the first trenches 331 are different. The width of trenchinterval 350 a is larger than the width of trench interval 350 b. Thewidth of trench interval 350 b is larger than the width of trenchinterval 350 c. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, anarrangement of the trench intervals 350 between the first trenches 331is progressively sparse or progressively dense.

The dielectric layer 332 is disposed in each of the first trenches 331and on a portion of the epitaxy layer 320. According to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the dielectric layer 332 is constituted byoxide. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, thedielectric layers 332 in every two adjacent first trenches 331 areseparated from each other by a trench interval 350.

The conductive material layer 333 is disposed on the dielectric layer332 in each of the first trenches 331. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive material layer 333 is constituted bypolysilicon or metal. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, there is a first dielectric layer 334 on the dielectriclayer 332 in each of the first trenches 331 and on a portion of theepitaxy layer 320. The first dielectric layer 334 is disposed above thetrench interval 350 between every two adjacent first trenches 331 asshown in FIG. 3A. The first dielectric layer 334 is further expandedabove the dielectric layer 332 adjacent to the trench interval 350according to a process change.

The conductive layer 340 covers the first trenches 331, and is incontact with the conductive material layer 333 and a portion of theepitaxy layer 320, and is electronically connected to the active area301 and the termination area 302. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive layer 340 is a Schottky barrier metallayer.

FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor device inFIG. 3A along a cross-sectional line B-B′ according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure. In FIG. 3B, the dielectric layer 332 and theconductive material layer 333 are disposed in the first trenches 331,and the trench interval 350 is disposed between every two adjacent firsttrenches 331.

FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor device 400 aaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 4A, thesemiconductor device 400 a includes an active area 401 and a terminationarea 402 adjacent to the active area 401. The termination area 402 has atermination structure including a substrate 410, an epitaxy layer 420, adielectric layer 432, a conductive material layer 433 and a conductivelayer 440.

The epitaxy layer 420 is disposed on the substrate 410, and has avoltage-sustaining region 430. The voltage-sustaining region 430 isdisposed near a trench semiconductor unit 403 in the active area 401,and includes more than one second trenches 431 a extending along adirection. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, thesubstrate 410 may be a silicon substrate. According to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the epitaxy layer 420 may be a N-type epitaxylayer. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the secondtrenches 431 a and the first trenches 331 in FIG. 3A have the samedielectric layer 332 and the conductive material layer 333.

The dielectric layer 432 is disposed in the second trenches 431 a and ona portion of the epitaxy layer 420. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the dielectric layer 432 is constituted by oxide.

The conductive material layer 433 is disposed on the dielectric layer432 in the second trenches 431 a. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive material layer 433 is constituted bypolysilicon or metal.

The conductive layer 440 covers the second trenches 431 a, and is incontact with the conductive material layer 433 and a portion of theepitaxy layer 420, and is electronically connected to the active area401 and the termination area 402. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the conductive layer 440 is a Schottky barrier metallayer.

FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor deviceaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4A is across-sectional view of FIG. 4B along a cross-sectional line C-C′. InFIG. 4B, the dielectric layer 332 and the conductive material layer 333are disposed in the first trenches 331 (not labeled). The dielectriclayer 432 and the conductive material layer 433 are disposed in thesecond trenches 431 a (not labeled). The voltage-sustaining region 430of the epitaxy layer 420 in the termination structure has the firsttrenches 331 and the second trenches 431 a. The first trenches 331extend along a first direction and are parallel with each other. Thereis a trench interval 350 between every two adjacent first trenches 331.The second trenches 431 a extend along a second direction. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the first direction of thefirst trenches 331 is perpendicular to the second direction of thesecond trenches 431 a.

FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional top view of trenches 431 b in asemiconductor device 400 b according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. In FIG. 4C, the voltage-sustaining region 430 of the epitaxylayer 420 in the termination structure has the first trenches 331 andthe second trenches 431 b. The first trenches 331 extend along the firstdirection and are parallel with each other. The second trenches 431 bextend along the second direction and are parallel with each other.According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the firstdirection of the first trenches 331 is perpendicular to the seconddirection of the second trenches 431 b, and the second trenches 431 bmay be perpendicular to a portion of the parallel first trenches 331according to a practical requirement without needing to penetrate allthe first trenches 331 as shown in FIG. 4B.

FIG. 4D is a cross-sectional top view of the semiconductor device 400 baccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and illustrates astructure above the first trenches 331 and the second trenches 431 a inFIG. 4C. In FIG. 4D, the dielectric layer 332 and the conductivematerial layer 333 are disposed in the first trenches 331. The trenchinterval 350 is disposed between every two adjacent first trenches 331.The dielectric layer 432 and the conductive material layer 433 aredisposed in the second trenches 431 b. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the dielectric layer 332 and the dielectric layer432 are formed from the same material, and the conductive material layer333 and the conductive material layer 433 are formed from the samematerial. Since a portion of the conductive material layer 333 isperpendicularly connected to the conductive material layer 433 in theembodiment, different withstand voltage structures can be designedaccording to different withstand voltage requirements.

FIG. 5A to FIG. 5J are schematic diagrams illustrating steps formanufacturing the semiconductor device according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. In FIG. 5A, a substrate 510 is provided. Accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure, the substrate 510 is asilicon substrate. In FIG. 5B, an epitaxy layer 520 is formed on thesubstrate 510, in which the epitaxy layer 520 is divided into an activearea 501 and a termination area 502. The epitaxy layer 520 is formed asa N-type epitaxy layer.

In FIG. 5C, the epitaxy layer 520 has a voltage-sustaining region 530adjacent to the active area 501. Trenches 531 are formed in thevoltage-sustaining region 530, and all of the trenches 531 extend alonga first direction. There is a trench interval between every two adjacenttrenches 531, and the widths of the trench intervals are d1. Accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of forming thetrenches 531 includes etching the epitaxy layer 520 to form the trenches531, and removing an oxide layer over a surface of the trenches 531, asshown in FIG. 5D. After the oxide layer over the surface of the trenches531 is removed, the width of the trench interval between every twoadjacent trenches 531 is d2, in which d2 is smaller than d1.

In FIG. 5E, a dielectric layer 532 is formed in each of the trenches531. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, thedielectric layers 532 in every two adjacent trenches 531 are in contactwith each other.

In FIG. 5F, a conductive material layer 533 is formed on the dielectriclayer 532 in each of the trenches 531. As shown in FIG. 5G, the step offorming the conductive material layer 533 includes putting in aconductive material to cover the trenches 531; and removing a portion ofthe conductive material to form the conductive material layer 533 ineach of the trenches 531. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the method further includes following steps. The seconddielectric layer 534 is formed on the epitaxy layer 520, the dielectriclayer 532, and the conductive material layer 533 as shown in FIG. 5H. Aportion of the second dielectric layer 534 is removed to expose theconductive material layer 533 and a portion of the epitaxy layer 520 asshown in FIG. 5I. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure,a portion of the second dielectric layer 534 is removed to form thefirst dielectric layer 535 on the dielectric layers 532 in contact witheach other in every two adjacent trenches 531.

In FIG. 5J, the conductive layer 540 is formed on each of the trenches531, and the conductive layer 540 is in contact with the conductivematerial layer 533 and a portion of the epitaxy layer 520. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of forming theconductive layer 540 is to form a Schottky barrier metal layer.

FIG. 6A to FIG. 6F are schematic diagrams illustrating steps formanufacturing the semiconductor device according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. FIG. 6A is another embodiment following FIG. 5D. InFIG. 6A, a dielectric layer 632 is formed in each of trenches 631.According to an embodiment of the invention, the dielectric layers 632in every two adjacent trenches 631 are separated from each other by atrench interval 650.

In FIG. 6B, a conductive material layer 633 is formed on the dielectriclayer 632 in each of the trenches 631. According to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the step of forming the conductive material layer633 includes putting in a conductive material to cover the trenches 631;and removing a portion of the conductive material to form the conductivematerial layer 633 in each of the trenches 631 as shown in FIG. 6C.According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the manufacturingmethod further includes the following steps. A second dielectric layer634 is formed on the epitaxy layer 620, the dielectric layer 632, andthe conductive material layer 633. A portion of the second dielectriclayer 634 is removed to expose the conductive material layer 633 and aportion of the epitaxy layer 620 as shown in FIG. 6D to FIG. 6E.According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a portion of thesecond dielectric layer 634 is removed to form the first dielectriclayer 635 on the trench interval 650 between every two adjacent trenches631. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the methodfurther includes enabling the epitaxy layer, the dielectric layer andthe conductive material layer to form a flatten surface.

In FIG. 6F, a conductive layer 640 is formed on each of the trenches631, and the conductive layer 640 is in contact with the conductivematerial layer 633 and a portion of the epitaxy layer 620. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of forming theconductive layer 640 is to form a Schottky barrier metal layer.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. In FIG. 7, the epitaxy layer 720 on the substrate 710 has avoltage-sustaining region 730. An area except the voltage-sustainingregion 730 is first covered with a dielectric layer 732 and aphotoresist layer 740, and then a doping process 741 is performed. Adoped region 751 is formed over the surface of the epitaxy layer 720 bythe doping process 741. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the doped region 751 is a P-type doped region. According toan embodiment of the present disclosure, the doping process can beperformed before the trenches is formed on the epitaxy layer.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a step for manufacturing thesemiconductor device according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. In FIG. 8, an epitaxy layer 820 on a substrate 810 has avoltage-sustaining region 830. Trenches 831, a dielectric layer 832 anda conductive material layer 833 are formed in the voltage-sustainingregion 830, in which there is a trench interval 850 between every twoadjacent trenches 831. An area except the voltage-sustaining region 830is first covered by a photoresist layer 840, and then a doping process841 is performed. A doped region 851 is formed in a trench interval 850between every two adjacent trenches 831 by the doping process 841.According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the doped region851 is a P-type doped region. According to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the doping process is performed before the conductive layeris formed.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the termination structureof the semiconductor device includes the trenches in thevoltage-sustaining region, and the dielectric layer and the conductivematerial layer are disposed in each of the trenches. The terminationstructure provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure caneffectively reduce an area of the termination area of the powersemiconductor device to reach a goal of miniaturization. On the otherhand, since the dielectric layers in the trenches are connected to eachother, an area of the dielectric layer is increased through anundulating structure of the trenches so as to have a higher breakdownvoltage in a smaller area. Therefore, the termination structure of thesemiconductor device provided in the present disclosure can increase thebreakdown voltage of a overall unit. In one embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the breakdown voltage of the termination structure can beincreased by more than 10% to 20%, and the area is reduced more than50%. In the method for manufacturing the termination structure, onlythree to four photomask processes are required to complete thecomplicated photomask processes required in the prior art. Therefore,process time is reduced and capacity is increased.

Although the present disclosure has been described in considerabledetail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodimentsare possible. Therefore, the spirit and scope of the appended claimsshould not be limited to the description of the embodiments containedherein. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the structure of the presentdisclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the presentdisclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the presentdisclosure cover modifications and variations of this disclosureprovided they fall within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A termination structure of a semiconductordevice, wherein the semiconductor device comprises an active area and atermination area adjacent to the active area, and the termination areahas the termination structure, the termination structure comprising: asubstrate; an epitaxy layer disposed on the substrate, wherein theepitaxy layer has a voltage-sustaining region having a plurality offirst trenches, and the first trenches extend along a first directionand are in parallel with each other; a dielectric layer disposed in eachof the first trenches and on a first portion of the epitaxy layer; aconductive material layer disposed on the dielectric layer in each ofthe first trenches; a conductive layer covering the first trenches,being in contact with the conductive material layer and a second portionof the epitaxy layer, and electronically connected to the active area;and at least one second trench extending along a second direction,wherein the second trench has the same dielectric layer and conductivematerial layer with the first trenches.
 2. The termination stricture ofclaim 1, wherein the dielectric layers in every two adjacent ones of thefirst trenches are in contact with each other.
 3. The terminationstructure of claim 1, wherein the dielectric layers in every twoadjacent ones of the first trenches are separated from each other by atrench interval.
 4. The termination structure of claim 3, wherein widthsof the trench intervals between the first trenches are different.
 5. Thetermination structure of claim 3, wherein the trench intervals betweenthe first trenches further comprise a doped region.
 6. The terminationstructure of claim 1, wherein the dielectric layer and the conductivematerial layer of each of the first trenches have a flatten surface. 7.The termination structure of claim 1, further comprising a firstdielectric layer, wherein the first dielectric layer is disposed on thedielectric layers which are in contact with each other in every twoadjacent ones of the first trenches, or the first dielectric layer isdisposed on a trench interval, and the every two adjacent ones of thefirst trenches are separated from each other by the trench interval. 8.The termination structure of claim 1, wherein the first direction of thefirst trenches is perpendicular with the second direction of the secondtrench.